Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev27 December 1979
The Soviet intervention replaces Hafizullah Amin with Babrak Karmal as Afghanistan's leader.
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The Soviet intervention replaces Hafizullah Amin with Babrak Karmal as Afghanistan's leader.
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